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You were currently the Personal assistant of the whole Avengers Team. You’d help them out whenever you were needed. And boy were you needed. Especially after they would return from the field. But today was extra chaotic and you had no idea why. You had just woken up and got dressed to go downstairs for breakfast. Everyone was going crazy.
“Guys what the hell is going on?! Are we under attack!?”
“Good morning Y/N, no we’re not under attack. It’s even worse!” Tony said to you. Tony was the one who was stressing the most, but he still managed to talk to you.
“What is?”
“Thor is coming with the entire population of Asgard. Ans guess who he’s bringing!”
“Seriously Tony just tell me.” You started to get irritated. You just wanted Tony to tell you what the hell was going on that got everyone fired up so much.
“He’s bringing reindeer games.” You looked up at Tony. How the hell should you know who that is. Tony saw the questioning expression you were making, and he just told you.
“He’s bringing Loki.” You were a bit shocked. This was the man who had basically destroyed the whole of New York 6 years ago. But you also thought to yourself: this was 6 years ago! You’ve changed so much in 6 years. Perhaps now, Loki would be a sweetheart… You didn't work for the Avengers yet 6 years ago. You’ve worked here for 5 years now, so Loki was mentioned from time to time. But by now most of the Avengers had completely forgotten him. Up till now. You met Thor a couple of times and you became good friends with him. Thor did mention his brother a lot and you could tell it pained him that his own Brother did THAT. But Thor also told you that he saw redemption in his brother, but it would be hard to reach. You didn’t really bother stressing out as all the others were doing. You were kindhearted and you never had any bad opinions about anyone before you got to know them. Take Tony as an example.
It was late in the afternoon when the Avengers wanted to meet up one last time to discuss the arrival of Thor and all the others.
“We’ll house most of his people at the new Avengers facility where they can start over. Thor, Loki and some others will stay here.”
“I will not have that asshole staying here with us. He’ll kill all of us in our sleeps.” Banner said.
“Easy on the guy man. The last time you saw him was 6 years ago. If his intentions were the same as 6 years ago, I doubt Thor would’ve brought him here.” You wouldn’t accept this behavior. And what you said was true. You also wanted him to have a new home, and to feel accepted here. This pre-assumption wasn’t going to help with that at all.
“I’d love to disagree with you Y/N, but you’re right.” Steve said.
“Fine. How about you show him around then hmmm?” Tony said.
“Yeah that’s fine. I did the same for Thor.” You were honest. You were also probably the only one that didn’t want to kill Loki upon arrival. Everyone else was deadly quiet.
“What?”
“You really want to do this Y/N? As your friend, I find it a very bad idea.” Natasha said. You and Natasha would sneak in the training rooms after everyone was gone to train you. You got befriended really fast and you were inseparable.
“Yeah. And I hope to prove my point.”
“Then it’s settled. Our assistant will show him around.” Tony said.
Late in the evening the Asgardian ship arrived. It was too big, so it kept floating in the air and Thor and Loki jumped out of it. The rest of the people remained on the ship. And the captain got coordinated for the new Avengers location.
Thor had a big welcome with hugs and kisses, while no-one said anything to Loki. Some mumbled insults but most of the Avengers just glared daggers at him. You have Thor a big hug.
“Hey haven’t seen you in ages. How are you doing? How’s space?” You smiled at Thor.
“Ah Y/N. It’s great to see you! I’ve missed my little helper.” Thor messed with your hair.
“New haircut hmm?”
“I don’t want to talk about it.” You laughed
“Well it looks good on you.” You punched him in his arm and Thor giggled a little bit.
Loki was still standing in the same corner as when he arrived. He knew this was a bad idea. Everyone was SO happy to see Thor, but they wanted to throw him of the building. Loki had changed. He helped out his brother and his people. He was still mischievous as hell, but that would never change. He could see all the familiar faces, except you. You were a new face. You were young and full of energy. He couldn’t imagine that anyone would even say hi to him until you walked up to him.
“Hi there. You must be Loki. I’m Y/N. I’ll be showing you around the next few days so if you have any questions, don’t be afraid to ask them.” You handed out your hand and Loki shook it as quickly as he could. His jaw dropped. He wouldn’t expect anyone to talk to him, and not in this kind way.
Thor didn’t know where his room was anymore, so you walked both men to the place they needed to be.
“I told you this was a bad Idea.” Loki said to Thor.
“They’ll come to reason with you Loki. Give them some time.” Thor said.
“Here we are.” Thor this is yours. And Loki… Well… They gave you a maintenance closet…. But I managed to kick out some stuff in this room here, so you can stay here.” Loki again was surprised by your hospitality and he started wondering whether it was true or not. But he was the god of lies and he would know when you would be lying of faking it.
“Thank you Y/N. Also on the behalf of my brother.” Thor looked over to Loki who was still not very secure about his situation.
“No problem. I’ll see you in the morning. Goodnight boys.” You smiled at both of them and walked back to the Avengers.
“Thank god she’s still in one piece.” Clint said.
“Oh stop it guys. Both of them lost their home and all their happy memories that came with it. Give them some slack. Loki may have been an evil witch 6 years ago, but by the looks of it he feels the shittiest out of all of us.”
“Sure.” Some said.
“I’m tired, I’m going to bed. Good night!” You waved at them and you went back to your room. You took a quick shower and jumped into bed.
Loki was still not very happy with where he was. Out of all places, Thor needed to go HERE. Where he tried to kill everyone years ago. Both brothers went to the kitchen in the middle of the night to grab something to eat. Loki tried to reason with Thor to go to ANY other place on Midgard, but Thor refused.
“This is my home on Midgard, I can’t lose this place as well.” Thor said to Loki.
“Fine. But that girl Y/N, does she know about me and my history here?”
“Yes she does. But she’s not like the others. She’s kind, open minded and she can handle a lot. She’s the Avengers assistant. She makes sure everything runs smoothly. She forgives very easily when she wants too.”
“We’ll see about that.” Loki smirked.
“How about we don’t!” Thor said. After that you walked in.
“Late night snacking, now are we?” You said
“Yes we were quite hungry from our travels.”
“So it seems. It looks like I have to go grocery shopping today. You ate the whole fridge!
“My apologies Y/N.”
“No need to apologize. We just have to get some more food than usual now you’re back.”
Thor smiled at you. Loki just stared at you in awe. You were not even a little angry with the mess his brother made.
“Just clean up after you’re done?” You said. You grabbed the last coca cola and a protein bar.
“Of course. Good night Y/N.”
“Good night guys.”
Loki didn’t say anything the whole time you were there. You didn’t act weird towards him. You just talked to him like he’s been here for years without making any trouble. Loki looked at you leaving and then started playing with his food.
“She’s not in a relationship at the moment.” Thor told his brother.
“Why should I care?” Loki said a bit nervous.
“Because you’re currently in no relationship.”
“I just think it’s weird why she’s acting so kind toward me. It must be a trick or an act on her behalf.”
“You’re no longer that person from years ago Loki. It appears to me that Y/N has an interest in learning more about you. Why not give her that opportunity?”
“No. that’s just because she has to show me around.” Loki was certain of it.
“Well I’ve known Y/N for 5 years now. She’s a good friend of mine. And this has nothing to do with that.”
Loki went back to his room to think about it more. He wanted to see how you were with the other Avengers to make sure it was just a work thing and not anything else only expressed towards him only. He would keep an eye on you without you noticing. One week passed and you and Bucky were cooking dinner for everyone else.
“No Buck. There’s no gummy bears in spaghetti!” you yelled at him almost crying in tears of joy.
“There is now!” He threw a bunch of candy towards you. You both laughed.
“Come on we need to continue, or everything will burn, and we have to start over.”
“Sure thing doll.” He laughed and continued cutting the vegetables.
“Oh no eggplant this time Buck.”
“Why not?”
“Loki hates it and I don’t think anyone else will miss it either.”
“Why are you so concerned about the guy? Something going on I should know about?”
“Yes there’s totally something going on. Why are you so concerned about me? He lost his home and his people. His parents.. Just like Thor. We all pity Thor, but we should also pity him. Thor’s family and Loki is family now as well. I think he also deserves a nice welcome here. And it starts with the little things. Like leaving out the eggplant when we’re making dinner.” You said it a bit too sarcastic towards Bucky, but he knew enough.
Loki was surprised that you stood up for him like that. No-one on this whole planet did. Thor walked up to Loki and Loki was startled.
“Everything okay Loki?”
“No. Look at her. Tell me brother… Do you believe in love at first sight.
“No I don’t but if you’re talking about Y/N, I’m not surprised. She’s very kind and I can see you have eye for her.”
“She’s absolutely mesmerizing. I want to know more of her.” Loki wanted to know more of her. He believed in love at first sight and he also believed in the rare appearance of soulmates.
“I never thought there would be a day that you would love anyone else, but here we are! I am happy for you that you found someone since you weren’t very happy about coming to earth in the first place.”
“There’s no place I’d rather be than here.”